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Instagram Feed for Flipkart
Design an Instagram-like Feed for Flipkart
Design a system similar to an Instagram feed tailored for Flipkart. This feed should display content related to products and deals.
Key Requirements:
- Content Sources: Influencers endorse brands. Users can follow brands or influencers.
- Feed Generation: Users should see posts from the accounts they follow on their feed.
- User Interactions: Features like liking, commenting, sticker reactions, and unfollowing posts are required.
- Feed Update on Unfollow: Upon unfollowing an account, all corresponding posts must be removed from the user's feed.
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Core dilemma
Balancing the real-time delivery of a personalized feed (fan-out on write vs. fan-out on read) with the need to handle a massive number of users, posts, and interactions, while ensuring consistency for unfollow actions.
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Instagram Feed for Flipkart
Design an Instagram-like Feed for Flipkart
Design a system similar to an Instagram feed tailored for Flipkart. This feed should display content related to products and deals.
Key Requirements:
- Content Sources: Influencers endorse brands. Users can follow brands or influencers.
- Feed Generation: Users should see posts from the accounts they follow on their feed.
- User Interactions: Features like liking, commenting, sticker reactions, and unfollowing posts are required.
- Feed Update on Unfollow: Upon unfollowing an account, all corresponding posts must be removed from the user's feed.